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          LyondellBasell breaks ground  Clariant appoints Adnan Ahmad

          on new PE plant in Texas                              Region President-India


             etrochemical giant LyondellBasell broke ground        lariant, a world leader
          Pon a new polyethylene plant at its complex in La  Cin specialty chemicals,
          Porte, Texas. The company said the plant will be its first   announces the appointment
          commercial  facility  to  use  its  Hyperzone  polyethylene   of Adnan Ahmad  as  Region
          technology, a proprietary system that officials said would   President, India. He succeeds
          produce cost-effective, lightweight plastics that are also   Deepak Parikh who has been
          strong,  durable  and  recyclable.  Hyperzone  also  allows   instrumental in implementing
          one plant to produce a broad range of polyethylene-based   and leading Clariant’s growth
          products. Previous technology required multiple plants.   strategy in India for the past
          LyondellBasell eventually plans to license the technology.   4 years. Deepak Parikh will
                                                                now serve as as the Region President for Clariant in North
                                                                America as well as chief executive officer of both Clariant
                                                                Corporation and Clariant Canada .
                                                                Effective June 1, 2017, Adnan Ahmad assumes the role
                                                                of Region President for Clariant in India and also the
                                                                Vice-Chairman & Managing Director of Clariant Chemicals
                                                                (India) Limited. Adnan, an Indian citizen, has over 32 years
                                                                of industry experience across sectors and continents.
                                                                He began his career with ICI where he worked in a variety
                                                                of manufacturing, supply chain and business roles across
                                                                India. Adnan joins Clariant from BP where he held various
                                                                global and  leadership  roles  with  demonstrated  success
                                                                in transformational leadership and regional supply chain
          The Hyperzone plant, located at LyondellBasell's existing   management. He worked in the UK, with responsibility for
          manufacturing complex in La Porte, Texas, is set to hire   Europe and Africa and in Singapore with responsibility for
          for 1,000 positions at the peak of construction and 75   Asia and Pacific regions.
          more permanent jobs once it enters service. "The new
          Hyperzone  PE  plant  will  produce  a  better  plastic  that   He  also  served  on  the  Board  of  Castrol  India  Limited.
          advances solutions to modern challenges, like protecting   Adnan holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering
          the purity of water supplies through stronger and more   from Queens University, Canada. He received a National
          versatile pipes and ensuring the freshness of bulk foods by   Energy Conservation award from the Indian Prime Minister
          providing tough, crack-resistant containers for storage,"   Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2004. He has also been conferred
          LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel said .The Hyperzone process   with the Helios Award for Human Energy by Lord Browne,
          also  allows  production  of  a  spectrum  of  high-density   the erstwhile Chief Executive of BP plc, for leading
          polyethylene at a single facility, something previous   transformational change in Road Safety for Castrol India.
          technologies weren't able to do, LyondellBasell said.   Clariant in India, headquartered in Mumbai, operates in

          The facility is expected to begin operating in 2019 and   four business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis & Energy,
          will feature an annual production capacity of 1.1 bln lbs   Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings, including
          of high density polyethylene. Once complete, the entire   businesses like Pigments (Coatings, Printing and Plastics
          La Porte campus will be able to produce more than 2 mln   and Special Applications), Additives, Industrial & Consumer
          lbs of polyethylene each year.                        Specialties, Mining Services and Masterbatches.



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